2012 Big East women's basketball tournament

August 2023 2012 Big East I Women's 2012BigEastWomen'sBballTournament.PNG 200px Tournament Logo 16 XL Center Hartford, Connecticut Connecticut 18th Geno Auriemma 18th BigEast.tv, ESPN3, ESPNU, ESPN The 2012 Big East women's basketball tournament took place in March 2012 at the XL Center in Hartford, Connecticut. The winner received the Big East Conference's automatic bid to the 2012 NCAA tournament. This was the third consecutive year Big East tournament to include all 16 of the conference's teams. The teams finishing 9 through 16 in the regular season standings played first round games, while teams 5 through 8 received byes to the second round. The top 4 teams during the regular season received double-byes to the quarterfinals. Final regular season standing 2011–12 Big East Women's Basketball Standingshttp://www.bigeast.org/portals/5/fls/19400/stats/wbasketball/2011-2012/confsked.htm 2011-12 BIG EAST Women's Basketball - Standings/Schedules 2012-03-04 https://web.archive.org/web/20120526195828/http://www.bigeast.org/portals/5/fls/19400/stats/wbasketball/2011-2012/confsked.htm 2012-05-26 dead SeedSchoolConfOverallTiebreaker#1 ‡†Notre Dame 15-1 28-2#2 †St. John's 13-3 21-8 1-0 vs CONN#3 †Connecticut 13-3 26-4 0-1 vs STJ#4 †Georgetown 11-5 22-7 1-0 vs WVU#5 #West Virginia 11-5 21-8 0-1 vs GU#6 #Rutgers 10-6 21-8 1-0 vs LOU#7 #Louisville 10-6 21-8 0-1 vs RUT#8 #DePaul 9-7 21-9 #9 South Florida 8-8 16-14 #10 Villanova 6-10 16-13 1-0 vs CIN1-0 vs SYR#11 Cincinnati 6-10 15-14 0-1 vs NOVA1-0 vs SYR#12 Syracuse 6-10 17-13 0-1 vs NOVA0-1 vs CIN#13 Providence 5-11 13-16 #14 Marquette 4-12 13-16#15 Seton Hall 1-15 8-22 #16 Pittsburgh 0-16 8-21‡ – Big East regular season champions, and tournament No. 1 seed.† – Received a double-bye in the conference tournament.# – Received a single-bye in the conference tournament. Overall records are as of the end of the regular season.2012 NCAA Tournament Selection2012 WNIT Tournament Selection ‡ Regular season Big East champion Bracket First roundFriday, March 2, 2012Bigeast.tv Second roundSaturday, March 3, 2012BETV QuarterfinalsSunday, March 4, 2012ESPNU SemifinalsMonday, March 5, 2012ESPNU Championship GameTuesday, March 6, 2012ESPN 12 Syracuse 57 13 Providence 47 9 South Florida 60 16 Pittsburgh 59 10 Villanova 61 15 Seton Hall 60 11 Cincinnati 51 14 Marquette 54 4 Georgetown     BYE   5 West Virginia 63 12 Syracuse 48 1 Notre Dame     BYE   8 DePaul 76 9 South Florida 62 2 St. John's     BYE   7 Louisville 63 10 Villanova 47 3 Connecticut     BYE   6 Rutgers 52 14 Marquette 43 4 Georgetown 32 5 West Virginia 39 1 Notre Dame 69 8 DePaul 54 2 St. John's 68OT 7 Louisville 61 3 Connecticut 49 6 Rutgers 34 5 West Virginia 45 1 Notre Dame 73 2 St. John's 43 3 Connecticut 74 1 Notre Dame 54 3 Connecticut 63 OT - Denotes Overtime Game See also 2012 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament 2012 Big East men's basketball tournament External links 2012 Big East Women's Basketball Tournament website 2012 Big East Women's Basketball Tournament Bracket References Category:Big East women's basketball tournament Tournament